In this week’s beta, we are introducing new cave generation along with improved ore generation and mineshafts for the Caves and Cliffs update. We have also fixed some important stability bugs! You can still test out the exciting new Caves and Cliffs features by enabling the Caves and Cliffs experimental toggle on your worlds (You can find out more about using the toggles at aka.ms/MCExperimentalToggle). You can leave us your feedback for these features in the threads at aka.ms/CavesCliffsFeedback, and search and reports any new bugs you may encounter at bugs.mojang.com.
PLEASE READ before participating in the Minecraft Beta:
- Joining the beta will replace your game with a work in progress version of Minecraft
- You will not have access to Realms and will not be able to join non-beta players while you’re previewing the beta
- Any worlds played while in the beta cannot be opened in previous versions of the game so please make copies of worlds to prevent losing them
- Beta builds can be unstable and are not representative of final version quality
- The beta is available only on Xbox One, Windows 10, and Android (Google Play). To join or leave the beta, see aka.ms/JoinMCBeta for detailed instructions
Caves & Cliffs
- Improved visibility when swimming in underwater caves
- Changed ore generation to match the new world height, and to add more strategy to mining
- Introducing noise based caved generation that enables caves of more varied sizes and shapes
- Bringing local water levels to caves, allowing each cave to have its own water level
- Adapting mineshafts to fit into large caves. Mineshaft corridor is now attached to the ceiling via chains or to the floor via wood columns when missing support platform
Fixes
- Fixed a crash that could occur during gameplay
- Fixed a crash that occurred when curing a Zombie Villager in another dimension if the player had not travelled back to the Overworld since entering the World (MCPE-121559)
- Fixed a crash that occurred when generating jungle biomes when the Caves and Cliffs experimental toggle was enabled
- Fixed a crash that could occur when switching between owned and non-owned Character Creator items
- Fixed an issue with Character Creator items not applying properly to characters (MCPE-122726)
